Diarrhea ?

[Sandberm]

It's always nice when people give updates. Most of us have dog and sharing is learning. 

[EnglishSetter]

Here’s the update on the squirting situation:

There was no improvement so I took him to the vet yesterday.  Got a stool test, full bloodwork and exam.  Bloodwork looks great, nothing unusual found in the stool.  Course of treatment is:
    Prescription food for 5 days (Hill’s Multi-Benefit w/d)
    Prescription prebiotic/probiotic (Purina Proplan FortiFora pro)

After 1 day it looks like things are firming up.  He’s feels much better, almost back to his old self.

glad he's doing well.

I was going to mention probiotic.  When Harley was set for knee surgery, the vet gave him Rimadyl/Carprofen for a couple weeks before surgery.  He got the runs bad.  I called and they said to the Rimadyl was likely the culprit (he was also on Gabapentin) and to abstain with the carporfen.  After surgery, she prescribed a probiotic (Proviable by Nutramax) along with the Carprofen and he was fine.

[Happy Gilmore]

Seems like a lot of experience on self treatments and diagnosis here however, no mention of one critically important factor. Temperature. Dogs get the *censored*s. They eat stuff, drink stuff and we get to be the recipients of their liquid blessings.

If a dog has a bad case of the *censored*s, taking their Temperature is one of the first signs of what is to come. If their temperature is elevated, its a good time to see the vet and get the source of the issue figured out. If, temperature is normal, proceed with whatever home remedies you think work best for your dog. This still may not be the best answer but, most commonly dogs will start running a temperature if something real bad is going on. They can also drop if something worse is going on.

Your diagnostic tool is a $5 digital probe from any grocery store jammed in their butt til it beeps.

[Happy Gilmore]

I dont like the prescription food answer if this came out of the blue. If its been a long term issue on the same food, id agree with diet changes.